1. The preparation of nanoparticle solutions adds a reducing reagent, sodium borohydride, to an oxidizing agent,...

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1. The preparation of nanoparticle solutions adds a reducingreagent, sodium borohydride, to an oxidizing agent, hydrogenperoxide. Is it concievable that these two reagents would reactwith each other?

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Most metal nanoparticles are synthesized in a reduction reaction in which dissolved metal ions react with a reducing agent to form elemental metal nanoparticles If one does not use a capping reagent or uses a reducing agent that is too strong a bulkmetal mirror or macroscopic metal particles    See Answer
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